Gianna Leigh is Here!

September 25- Savannah and Dylan have a precious new cousin! Auntie Jacquelyn & Uncle Jarrid welcomed Gianna Leigh almost 8 weeks early on Thursday afternoon. Despite being very early Gianna is doing great and is absolutely beautiful! Jacquelyn is doing well too and recovering after a very tough couple days leading up to Gianna's delivery. We're so thankful that everyone is safe & healthy and can't wait to watch Gianna grow--Congratulations Jax & Jarrid!!

Mommy & Daddy Gone Wild?!?

Everyone keeps asking "What did you do in Cancun?" and our first answer is SLEEP! But we did actually brave the club scene one night. After a nice dinner, we ventured into one of the clubs downtown. We bought an "All-You Can Drink" bracelet and gave it the ole' college try. After a few beers, a few shots and even some dancing on the bar-- we finally looked around at the lovely establishment we were in and the high quality people we were keeping company with-- and then happily went back to our hotel with our tails between our legs. We were all cozy in our pj's before midnight-- but hey, at least we tried :)

Cancun

Mitch & I escaped last week to Cancun for 5 wonderfully relaxing days. Pommy & Papa (Mitch's parents) watched the kiddos while Mitch and I enjoyed lazy days on the beach and nice long nights of uninterrupted sleep!!! As nice as it was to relax and spend some quality time together--we couldn't wait to get back to the kids, of course!!!

Dylan's New Trick

September 14- After a few days of crawling Dylan has learned how to pull himself up. The first object he used to hoist himself up was the wine rack. I recently removed all the wine from the bottom of the wine rack because it was one of the first things Dylan went after when he started crawling-- a true Napa Valley kid, right?! :) Well I guess he decided that he really wanted the wine and cleverly pulled himself up on to his knees so that he could reach it again. He was so pleased with himself! A couple hours later we looked over and he was completely standing up at his Leap Frog table. I am hoping he will be content for awhile with his new ability to stand...

8 months

September 10- Here is a picture of Dylan splashing around in the bath at 8 months. He weighs a little over 20 lbs and has 4 teeth. As he is perfecting his crawling skills, he is quickly becoming a very busy little boy & getting into everthing. It is hard to believe that it has already been eight months since he was born!

Dylan is Mobile!

After months of rocking back and forth on his hand and knees ,followed by launching himself forward onto his face, Dylan finally figured out how to crawl! He is so happy with his latest accomplishment and the fact that he can scoot around and get to things on his own. Savannah on the other hand is not quite sure how she feels about her brother's new ability to go after her toys. I'm pretty much in agreement with Savannah on this one... as cute as Dylan is when he flashes a giant grin of accomplishment while scooting across the room, I am not quite ready for him to be into absolutely everything!

My Messy Kids

September 3- As Dylan was eating dinner tonight and making an absolute mess (top picture), I decided that I needed to capture the moment on film. After taking the picture and looking at it, I remembered a very similar picture of Savannah at the same age...

Sweet Siblings...

When we were taking pictures this morning, Savannah insisted that I take some pictures of Dylan and her together. They were so cute I couldn't resist sharing :)

Savannah's 1st Day of School

September 3- Today was Savannah's first day of preschool (last year she went to "pre-preschool" at the same school). She was very excited this morning and couldn't wait to get out of the house. When we got to school she ran up to one of her teachers, Miss Betty, gave her a big hug and told her how much she missed her all summer. It sure does make it easy to leave her when she loves going to school so much!

Welcome Baby Coral!

August 20- Today Savannah & Dylan's new cousin was born! Auntie Karin & Uncle Kevin welcomed a beautiful baby girl early this morning. Her name is Coral Ella and we can't wait to meet her!!!

Wings Over Wine Country

August 17- Today we took the kids to the airshow in Santa Rosa. It was Dylan's 1st airshow (I am quite sure there are many more in his future) and of course he slept through most of it. Savannah had a lot of fun and says her favorite part was "seeing the jet planes because they were so loud".

Watching the parachuters

Looking at the "jet planes"

Dylan snoozing

Daddy & Savannah checking out the planes

Savannah's 1st Dance Class

Last Day of Summer School

August 15- Today was Savannah's last day of summer school. Her class invited all of the families for a pot luck lunch & little musical concert. All summer long they've been learning songs and today they got to perform them for us-- it was really cute!

Big Hugs!

August 11- Tonight after dinner Dylan was grabbing on to Savannah and giving her BIG hugs. They were having so much fun-- it was really cute!

The Napa Fair

7 months

August 10- Here is a shot of Dylan on the verge of crawling! He is up on all fours & rocking back and forth-- we know it will anyday now that our baby boy is cruising around the house. He has two teeth (which you can actually see pretty good here) that he has quickly learned to put to good use by eating ANYTHING we put in front of him. He is such a happy little boy full of smiles and giggles!

6 months

July 10- Today Dylan celebrated his 6 month birthday and cut his first tooth! He weighs almost 19 lbs & is almost sitting up by himself. He is growing so quick-- I know it won't be long before our little baby is gone and we'll have a toddler on our hands. I am trying to convince Mitch that a third baby down the road may not be such a bad idea :)

It's a Girl!

July 4th- We spent 4th of July down on the central coast at Mitch's parents' house. Great-Grandpa Jack & Great-Grandma Poppy came all the way from Arizona and we had a Davis/Stone family reunion! During the visit Auntie Jacquelyn & Uncle Jarrid revealed that they are expecting a little girl in November and Savannah was so excited (she really wants a baby sister) that she decided she needed to kiss her new cousin in Auntie's tummy.

4th of July

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